Happy Thursday!
Hello everybody! Happy December! Reporting from the ol' laptop at Otto's Abode in Wanakena... ya know, Cranberry Lake's OTHER store! We're just about dug out from the LAKE EFFECT BANGER that swept our way this past Thanksgiving weekend. The snow came in three waves... Friday evening, Saturday evening and Sunday evening. About a foot and a half of lake effect snow blanketed Wanakena. leading up to the snow, it had been a mild-ish early Autumn with some bouts of cold and frost. That being said, the ground underneath the freshly fallen snow was relatively warm, wet and soft. Because of that the foot and a half of snow has compressed from the warmth of the earth and under its own weight. Seems like every day after that another inch or two fell every day and keeps things fresh and beautiful. More snow and cold on the way! And after that, next week appears to show a warming trend getting up around the mid-forties for a day or so. That's good for the base though, right? We certainly will NOT lose all the snow. Snowshoeing should be GREAT! XC Skiing should be GREAT with maybe some wet spots here and there. Also it sounds like some dingus post-holed the trail to Janacks so that's NOT great! See below for NEW information regaring a RANGER SCHOOL SKI TRAIL! THE WOODS ARE BEAUTIFUL! Ranger School students back from Thanksgiving break with a few weeks until end of semester! Hello neighbors: Hope you got you boat out of the water! There were about fifty Ducks in the Oswegatchie the other night HONKING up a storm. Geese overhead also honking it up as the flying through the storm. These magical silent heavy with snow days and nights are some of the most beautiful moments of the year. AROUND TOWN... This Saturday, December 7th from 11-4pm is the annual SOS/Adirondack Exhibit Center's eighth annual SHOP LOCAL SATURDAY SPECTACULAR! That's right folks! The awesome people at SOS have gone around to FOURTEEN local year-round businesses (including Otto's Abode) and purchased $20 gift certificates to be raffled off! How do you participate you may ask? Go around town on Saturday and get you SOS SHOP LOCAL PASSPORT stamped from at least FIVE of the participating businesses. Turn the passport back in to SOS and perhaps you'll WIN! THE MAIN EVENT is the CRAFT FAIR at SOS! SOS is the HEADQUARTERS OF THIS EVENT. So, you MUST be sure to get there! Cheers, folks! Thanks for shopping local! Want to vist and need a place to stay? Try this link --->
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DOWN AT THE ABODE... The PORCH PLASTIC IS ON! THE GAZEBO IS WRAPPED LIKE A SNOW GLOBE! BRING IT ON! The SNOW CROQUET COURSE is starting to shape up! The snow has been harvested into playable piles round the wickets and the outside boundary stacked tall. More snow on the way and a thaw next week are GOOD for the longevity of the course! PLAY BALL! The store is stocked. You know this! C'mon down and poke around! May we suggest purchasing a GIFT CERTIFICATE as a gift for someone? That we WE get the money NOW and THEY can spend it WHENEVER THEY WANT. C'mon down and see all we have on the shelves! FRESH CHEESE CURD FRIDAY PM! FRESH PRODUCE! WALK-IN COOLER! FROZEN MEATS! GROCERIES GALORE! LOCAL COFFEE, HONEY, MAPLE SYRUP, CHEESE AND MORE! TRAIL INFO, MAPS, BOOKS, SUPPLIES AND GEAR! ART SUPPLIES! GIFTS AND GOODIES! COME SHOP! ITS MOSTLY GOOD STUFF BABY! Thanks, ya'll! Hannah's FRIDAY SOUP will be a WINTER MINESTRONE! Friday Lunch! And dont forget we ALWAYS have HOT COFFEE and TEA and SNACKS and ICE CREAM and CANDY and STUFF! Thanks for reading WANAKENA WEEKLY! Tell a friend! Coming up: Solstice Party TRAMP OPEN HOUSE followed by ZPARK NEW YEARS EVE followed by OPEN AIR OPEN MIC! STAY TUNED!
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RISE AND SHINE CLIFTON-FINE - Starting from the west (excluding - for no reason in particular -all the local independent contractors, charities, hair stylists, artists, electricians, musicians, plumbers, painters, etc....) Historic Fine Town Hall Building in Fine Village seeking input for its use and future! Fine Volunteer Fire Dept THANK YOU! Lodge at Dodge Pond OPEN. UBs Mercantile and ADK Rustics in Oswegatchie (Home of The Bargain Hunter!) are OPEN! Around Star Lake: Star Lake's ADK Holy Grail gifte shoppe announced new hours... 10 - 5pm Thurs - Sun until Dec 31st with A GIANT LOON out front!! ADK Pharmacy OPEN. Clifton Fine Central School GO EAGLES! Fitness Center at the school is open M-F 5-8am & 5-10pm and weekends 5-10pm! Community Bank OPEN! Clifton Fine Hospital OPEN and HOPIN' you're healthy! They raised enough money to expand - check out their live construction camera! And look out for Food Truck Thursdays and Farmers Markets! Dollar General OPEN! Twin Lakes OPEN! CF Arena CLOSED FOR SEASON. Golf Course CLUB HOUSE had LUNCH AND DINNER! It's called CLUB GRUB... but it closed for the season! CF Golf Course CLOSED!! Star Lake Volunteer Fire Department THANK YOU! SOS Adirondack Exhibit Center EVENTS HAPPENING... stay tuned! Every Friday Night, open meeting of Alcoholics Anonymous at the Schoolhouse 7PM. Clifton-Fine Community Center and Food Pantry & Free "Community Meal" Wednesdays! Todd Hardware OPEN! Coffee Fever SOLD? Circle Jays OPEN! Star Lake's God's Missionary Church celebrating THREE years! What's The Scoop CLOSED FOR THE SEASON. American Legion OPEN with LOTS OF EVENTS! Newton Falls Giving Box & Post Office & Community Church OPEN. Newton Falls Volunteer Fire Department THANK YOU! Mountain Gate Plaza Bottle Redemption at Clifton Corners IS OPEN and FOR SALE! Packbasket Adventures Lodge in Wanakena OPEN... with NEW OWNERSHIP! Mary holds down 13695 Wanakena Post Office - Clifton Community Library Book Drop Box and Lost and Found and MORE out-front on Otto's Porch! OTTO'S ABODE OPEN ALL YEAR DOWN HERE! Wanakena Ranger School!! Wanakena Historical Association Walking Tour CLOSED FOR SEASON and the History Center OPENS JUNE 15TH and are every sat and sun though summer 11-4pm... NOW CLOSED! Dont forget about the Wanakena Walking Tour and Labyrinth! Clifton-Fine Summer Series in ZPARK SUMMETIME! Common Thread Quilt Fest Labor Day Weekend! Out in Harewood: Wooden Fish Hathery OPEN! Coyotes Den SOLD and CLOSED but listed on AirBnB for rentals! Billy's BLACK LIGHT ART SHOW! Cranberry Lake Volunteer Fire Department THANK YOU! Birch's Lakeside CLOSED FOR SEASON! Tilly's? Cranberry Lake Art Show was a BIG SUCCESS as always stay tuned for next year! Cranberry Lake North Shore Hub hosts space use, dock use, summer concerts and summer lectures! Clifton Community Library OPEN! Cranberry Lake Boat Club summer events were a smashing success, again! These days they occasionally post sunsets and obituaries on Facebook! Cranberry Lake DEC Campground closing for the cold weather months SOON! Cranberry Lake Mountaineers Snowmobile Club, check 'em out! THEY HAVE A GREAT LISTING OF LOCAL YEAR-ROUND RENTALS ON THEIR WEBSITE! Grasse River Railway, anybody? Sevey's Point at Sevey's Corner OPEN. Thirsty Moose Childwold OPEN! Childwold Presbyterian Church though September 15th! And don't forget... Back West: 2E's, Edwards Opera House, Jim's Auto in South Edwards OPEN! Plum Brook Cafe in Russell OPEN! Jockos in Degrasse OPEN and re-painted and hosting SUNDAY FUNDAYS!! CLIFTON-FINE RT. 3 CORRIDOR ROLL-CALL ROUND-UP! We're Southern St. Lawrence County. We're Northwestern Adirondacks. We're BOTH. We're NEITHER! WE'RE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE-LESS! WILD WEST! GREAT SOUTH WOODS WAY SOUTH OF THE ROCK! ALL THAT STUFF! OH YEAH! (Who's missing? What's stale? Les us know! Zoom Zoom!) Also... if you appreciate the work put into these newsletters consider donating to the cause! We're on VENMO as Otto's Abode. Or as Click and Clack used to say: Write our address on a twenty-dollar bill and mail it to us!
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Reading and conversation are to winter what the flowers are to the spring and fruits are to autumn. They are the boast of the season. Superior to vernal joys, these permanent pleasures of the intellect are in vigor when those are faded and no more." - R.B. Thomas (1795)
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